Notice of Change/Withdrawal

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
9B-70.002: Commission Approval and Accreditation of Advanced Building Code Training Courses

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34, No. 8, February 22, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

9B-70.002 Commission Approval and Accreditation of Advanced Building Code Training Courses.

(1) Approval of Course Accreditors. The Commission shall approve persons to serve as accreditors of advanced training courses. Persons desiring to be accreditors shall apply using Form FBCED 2003-001 adopted herein by reference and available from the Building Code Information System at www.floridabuilding.org. Applications shall be accompanied by an application fee of $100.00. Applications shall be approved by the Commission if the applicant has demonstrated five years of Florida Building Code expertise in the field for which approval is sought, or equivalent as specified below, or, and possesses an active license issued pursuant to Section 471.015, 481.213, 481.311; 489, Part I or II, F.S.; or a standard certificate issued pursuant to Section 468.609, F.S. When an accreditor application is submitted to accredit only accessibility courses by an individual who can demonstrate proficiency acceptable to the Commission as a subject matter expert in the field of accessibility the Commission shall approve that applicant to accredit accessibility courses. Accreditors approved by the Commission under prior versions of this rule are authorized to continue accreditation of building code courses. Equivalent expertise or proficiency under this provision shall include:

(a) A four year college degree or graduate degree in the field for which approval is sought;

(b) A letter verifying work experience in the field for which approval is sought from a person who supervised the applicant; or

(c) A letter verifying employment and specific position of the applicant in the field for which approval is sought from the applicant’s employer.

(2) No change.

Specific Authority 553.841(2) FS. Law Implemented 553.841 FS. History–New 6-8-05, Amended 4-30-07,________.